Do facemasks protect against COVID-19?

David Isaacs; Philip Britton; Annaleise Howard-Jones; Alison Kesson; Ameneh Khatami; Ben Marais; Claire Nayda; Alexander Outhred

doi:10.1111/jpc.14936

Do facemasks protect against COVID-19?

J Paediatr Child Health. 2020 Jun;56(6):976-977. doi: 10.1111/jpc.14936. Epub 2020 Jun 16.

Authors

David Isaacs^{1

2

3

4}, Philip Britton^{1

2

3

4}, Annaleise Howard-Jones^{1

2}, Alison Kesson^{1

2}, Ameneh Khatami^{1

4}, Ben Marais^{1

4}, Claire Nayda^{1

2}, Alexander Outhred^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
² Department of Infection Control, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
³ Clinical Ethics, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
⁴ Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Australia
Betacoronavirus*
COVID-19
Confounding Factors, Epidemiologic
Coronavirus Infections / prevention & control*
Coronavirus Infections / transmission*
Disease Transmission, Infectious / prevention & control*
Health Personnel*
Humans
Masks*
Pandemics / prevention & control*
Pneumonia, Viral / prevention & control*
Pneumonia, Viral / transmission*
SARS-CoV-2